Insurance product manager to asset manager
An insurance product manager already meets 58% of what the asset manager role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
46.7/ 100
1 How much of what an asset manager is expected to do is already part of an insurance product manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the asset manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An asset manager role treats 15 of its required skills as things an insurance product manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on financial matters
- analyse financial performance of a company
- analyse financial risk
- analyse market financial trends
- corporate social responsibility
- develop investment portfolio
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An asset manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an insurance product manager background worth leading with.
- already held develop investment portfolio management skills
- already held enforce financial policies management skills
- already held modern portfolio theory business, administration and law
- already held financial analysis business, administration and law
- already held review investment portfolios communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse financial performance of a company information skills
All 19 carried skills, including the 15 the asset manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn asset management required
- still to learn financial markets required
- optional, not held credit control processes optional
- optional, not held funding methods optional
- optional, not held securities optional
- still to learn advise on risk management required
- still to learn examine credit ratings required
- optional, not held consult credit score optional
- optional, not held interpret financial statements optional
- optional, not held provide support in financial calculation optional
- still to learn perform asset recognition required
- still to learn handle financial transactions required
- optional, not held exert expenditure control optional
- still to learn actuarial science required
- optional, not held negotiate on asset value optional
- optional, not held review closing procedures optional
- optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
- optional, not held handle financial disputes optional
- optional, not held identify clients' needs optional
- optional, not held negotiate loan agreements optional
- optional, not held apply credit risk policy optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an asset manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 actuarial science study this
- 02 perform asset recognition practise this
- 03 advise on risk management practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 19 skills that carry over
- already held advise on financial matters skill
- already held analyse financial performance of a company skill
- already held analyse financial risk skill
- already held analyse market financial trends skill
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held develop investment portfolio skill
- already held enforce financial policies skill
- already held financial analysis knowledge
- already held financial statements knowledge
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held manage financial risk skill
- already held modern portfolio theory knowledge
- already held review investment portfolios skill
- already held strive for company growth skill
- already held create a financial plan skill
- already held financial management knowledge
- already held obtain financial information skill
- already held plan health and safety procedures skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held consult credit score optional
- optional, not held negotiate on asset value optional
- optional, not held review closing procedures optional
- optional, not held apply credit risk policy optional
- optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
- optional, not held credit control processes optional
- optional, not held exert expenditure control optional
- optional, not held funding methods optional
- optional, not held handle financial disputes optional
- optional, not held identify clients' needs optional
- optional, not held interpret financial statements optional
- optional, not held negotiate loan agreements optional
- optional, not held provide support in financial calculation optional
- optional, not held securities optional
20 held skills the asset manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role create cooperation modalities skill
- not needed by the target role create insurance policies skill
- not needed by the target role deliver a sales pitch skill
- not needed by the target role develop financial products skill
- not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
- not needed by the target role financial products knowledge
- not needed by the target role insurance law knowledge
- not needed by the target role insurance market knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role marketing management knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role plan marketing campaigns skill
- not needed by the target role principles of insurance knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote financial products skill
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role sales strategies knowledge
- not needed by the target role sell insurance skill
- not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise sales activities skill
- not needed by the target role types of insurance knowledge
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn actuarial science required
- still to learn asset management required
- still to learn financial markets required
- optional, not held credit control processes optional
- optional, not held funding methods optional
- optional, not held securities optional
Common questions about this move
Can an insurance product manager become an asset manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An insurance product manager already covers 58% of what an asset manager is expected to do: 19 skills carry over, 15 of which the asset manager role treats as required.
What skills does an insurance product manager need to become an asset manager?
7 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is actuarial science.
How hard is the move from insurance product manager to asset manager?
Its learning distance is 46.7 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.